I recently found my reason for having palpitations during the day, waking up in the middle of the night. I was told that I have Supraventricular Tachycardia and at times it goes into A-Fib; AGAIN . I was given a stress test with a breathing machine I passed most of it the endurance of the treadmill which I have passed all of them in the past as well. It is so frustrating knowing that in April & June 2010 I had heart ablations. For some time I have felt the heart race, pounding starting January 2011. I do not understand why it came back? How does it come back? I am overweight by 17 pounds (per the medical charts) Im active 53 yr women who exercises, ballroom dances, I DO NOT eat fried or fatty foods. Please explain why this is re-occurring. I thought after 2007 & 2010 all would be perfect. its not fair

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4 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:SVT how to put an end to it foreverI recently found my reason for having palpitations during the day, waking up in the middle of the night. I was told that I have Supraventricular Tachycardia and at times it goes into A-Fib; AGAIN . I was given a stress test with a breathing machine I passed most of it the endurance of the treadmill which I have passed all of them in the past as well. It is so frustrating knowing that in April & June 2010 I had heart ablations. For some time I have felt the heart race, pounding starting January 2011. I do not understand why it came back? How does it come back? I am overweight by 17 pounds (per the medical charts) Im active 53 yr women who exercises, ballroom dances, I DO NOT eat fried or fatty foods. Please explain why this is re-occurring. I thought after 2007 & 2010 all would be perfect. its not fair

No doubt. "I do not understand why it came back? How does it come back?"

"Please explain why this is re-occurring. I thought after 2007 & 2010 all would be perfect. its not fair."

Not fair indeed.

But, as I've posted here many times before, in general, especially with improvements made in older standard radiofrequency energy (heat-based) technology, as well as newer technology cryoenergy/freezing, and high-intensity focused ultrasound, if/when performed by a highly-skilled doctor (IC/EP), via standard endocardial or transthoracic (through-the-chest) epidcardial, and done correctly (no culprit areas, pathways are missed, no normal areas are damaged or disrupted, the culprit tissue is ablated deep enough), a catheter ablation procedure should completely (100%) eliminate one's particular arrhythmia for good.

Noteworthy though, as indicated in medical literature, approximately under 10% of the time, an arrhythmia may recur (at any time) even after what was thought as being an initially successful (single site or multiple sites mapped and treated accordingly) catheter ablation.

This occurs because the abnormal heart cells or electrical pathway responsible for the arrhythmia was damaged, but not 100% therapeutically destroyed by the procedure. As this area heals, the original arrhythmia may reccur.

Also, an ablation procedure may/can lead to the occurrence of a totally different type of arrhythmia, sometimes even making pacemaker implantation necessary.

Best of luck down the road of life.

Take extra-extra good care,

CardioStar*

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No doubt. "I do not understand why it came back? How does it come back?"

"Please explain why this is re-occurring. I thought after 2007 & 2010 all would be perfect. its not fair."

Not fair indeed.

But, as I've posted here many times before, in general, especially with improvements made in older standard radiofrequency energy (heat-based) technology, as well as newer technology cryoenergy/freezing, and high-intensity focused ultrasound, if/when performed by a highly-skilled doctor (IC/EP), via standard endocardial or transthoracic (through-the-chest) epidcardial, and done correctly (no culprit areas, pathways are missed, no normal areas are damaged or disrupted, the culprit tissue is ablated deep enough), a catheter ablation procedure should completely (100%) eliminate one's particular arrhythmia for good.

Noteworthy though, as indicated in medical literature, approximately under 10% of the time, an arrhythmia may recur (at any time) even after what was thought as being an initially successful (single site or multiple sites mapped and treated accordingly) catheter ablation.

This occurs because the abnormal heart cells or electrical pathway responsible for the arrhythmia was damaged, but not 100% therapeutically destroyed by the procedure. As this area heals, the original arrhythmia may reccur.

Also, an ablation procedure may/can lead to the occurrence of a totally different type of arrhythmia, sometimes even making pacemaker implantation necessary.

Best of luck down the road of life.

Take extra-extra good care,

CardioStar*

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Patient resourcesLEARN ABOUT the heart's delicate and precise electrical conduction system

Thank you again for helping find the correct answers. Apparently the specialist explained to me that my heart muscle is ultra sensitive to foreign objects and what the heart does is swell over the device making it look like the ablation has taken.My first surgeon told me I will always be different. LOL. I know I have been driving all of you crazy. You are the only people who has taken the time to explain issues for me. But as soon as I take a few good steps I fall back to the first step. Being stubborn and trying to continue to live a normal life as I did before and will continue to. At times I need to give into the symptoms than fight them. I hope all other readers will understand that the knowledge and support I get from Webmd is sincerely appreciated.

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Report This| Share this:SVT how to put an end to it foreverThank you again for helping find the correct answers. Apparently the specialist explained to me that my heart muscle is ultra sensitive to foreign objects and what the heart does is swell over the device making it look like the ablation has taken.My first surgeon told me I will always be different. LOL. I know I have been driving all of you crazy. You are the only people who has taken the time to explain issues for me. But as soon as I take a few good steps I fall back to the first step. Being stubborn and trying to continue to live a normal life as I did before and will continue to. At times I need to give into the symptoms than fight them. I hope all other readers will understand that the knowledge and support I get from Webmd is sincerely appreciated.

"Apparently the specialist explained to me that my heart muscle is ultra sensitive to foreign objects and what the heart does is swell over the device making it look like the ablation has taken."

Very interesting.

"I know I have been driving all of you crazy."

No, not at all.

"But as soon as I take a few good steps I fall back to the first step."

This is of course unfortunate, and though we all obviously want to hear/love to hear personal success stories, we also have to remember that everyone is unique, with each and every health/medical case/situation being different. Something that is often overlooked, not addressed properly or not strongly emphasized on the Net.

"I hope all other readers will understand that the knowledge and support I get from Webmd is sincerely appreciated."

"Apparently the specialist explained to me that my heart muscle is ultra sensitive to foreign objects and what the heart does is swell over the device making it look like the ablation has taken."

Very interesting.

"I know I have been driving all of you crazy."

No, not at all.

"But as soon as I take a few good steps I fall back to the first step."

This is of course unfortunate, and though we all obviously want to hear/love to hear personal success stories, we also have to remember that everyone is unique, with each and every health/medical case/situation being different. Something that is often overlooked, not addressed properly or not strongly emphasized on the Net.

"I hope all other readers will understand that the knowledge and support I get from Webmd is sincerely appreciated."

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